Skinner, Bruce James (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-22

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Robert Low Skinner and Mary Teresa Skinner, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

Home: Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RNZAF

Unit

1 CNS- Central Navigation School

Base

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

425199

Home
Google MapDevonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
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Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 6888

Leading Aircraftman Eric Percival Bagster RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Bagster, Eric Percival (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Flight Sergeant Herbert Andrew Jr Daubner RCAF

Flight Sergeant Daubner, Herbert Andrew Jr (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Cranberry Cemetery, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Bruce James Skinner RNZAF

Sergeant Skinner, Bruce James (RNZAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Peter Stewart RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Stewart, Peter (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Anson serial: 6888

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

Aircraft Images

Anson 6888

Anson Mk. I 6888

Ex RAF AW455. To No. 3 Training Command on 10 September 1941, for use by No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. To Eastern Air Command on 6 January 1942, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at Pennfield Ridge, NB. To No. 2 Training Command on 27 May 1942, for use by No. 1 Air Navigation School at Rivers Camp, Manitoba. Crashed into Lake Manitoba in summer of 1943, totally destroyed. Allocated to No. 8 Repair Depot on 25 August 1943 for write off, noted as "no salvage obtainable".

1941-08-09 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1943-June-22 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Oak Point Names: Bagster | Daubner | Skinner | Stewart
1943-09-07 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

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